Peoria County, IL Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Max RVs on residential/subdivision lots
- Two per residence
- Front-yard driveway time limit
- 40 days per calendar year
- Side/rear setback
- At least 3 feet from property line
- Agricultural exception
- A-1/A-2 unplatted land has no numeric cap
- Enforcing agency
- Peoria County Zoning Administrator
- Governing section
- UDO § 7.7.17, amended 2019 and 2022
Summary
Peoria County limits how many recreational vehicles you can keep outside a home in the unincorporated county. On platted lots and residential parcels, no more than two RVs are allowed, and one parked in a front-yard driveway can stay only forty days a year. Farm-zoned A-1 and A-2 acreage gets more flexibility, but every RV still needs a three-foot setback from side and rear lot lines.
7.7.17Recreational Vehicle Parking.1.In the A-1 or A-2 District and not in a platted subdivision, recreational vehicles may be parked or stored outside accessory to a residence provided the district's front yard setback is met and any recreational vehicle is parked or stored at least three (3) feet from a side and rear property line.2.In a platted subdivision, regardless of the zoning classification, or on residentially zoned parcels, no more than two (2) recreational vehicles may be parked or stored outside accessory to a residence. In addition, the following regulations shall apply:a.If parked or stored in a driveway in a front yard, recreational vehicles may be parked no longer than forty (40) days in a calendar year.b.If not parked or stored in a driveway in a front yard, recreational vehicles shall be parked or stored in a side or rear yard behind the building line, and shall be a minimum of three (3) feet from a side or rear property line.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 52).
Full Breakdown
17 of the county's Unified Development Ordinance splits the rule by zoning. On A-1 or A-2 agricultural land that is not inside a platted subdivision, a recreational vehicle stored outside for a residence just needs to meet the district's front-yard setback and sit at least three feet off the side and rear property lines; there is no numeric cap on farm parcels under this branch of the rule. Everywhere else, meaning any platted subdivision regardless of its zoning, and any residentially zoned parcel, the county caps outdoor RV storage at two vehicles per residence.
If an RV sits in a driveway within the front yard, it can stay there no more than forty days in a calendar year; after that it has to move to a side or rear yard behind the building line, still three feet from the property line, or leave the lot. Occupying an RV as a residence is treated separately: that is allowed only inside a licensed recreational vehicle park, unless the person living in it owns or rents the parcel or is a genuine guest of the owner or tenant.
The Zoning Administrator, working out of the Planning and Zoning Department, enforces this section and can act under Article 10 of the UDO when an RV overstays the forty-day window or a residential lot exceeds the two-vehicle limit. The county board amended this section three times, in 2019 and again in 2022, tightening the driveway time limit and the two-vehicle cap for subdivisions.
Violations & Fines
Keeping a third RV outside on a residential or subdivision lot, or leaving one parked in the driveway past the forty-day mark, is a zoning violation the Zoning Administrator can cite under Article 10, Section 10.4 of the UDO. Unless the code specifies a different fine for that section, violations are petty offenses carrying a fine of up to $500 per offense, with each week the violation continues counted as a separate offense enforceable through the county's Code Hearing Unit or circuit court.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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